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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Progress in creating the internal gas and electricity market, 15 April 2008, Bruxelles The relevance of energy to Europe's growth and competitiveness is steadily increasing. Reliable energy services at acceptable prices for both industrial and household users continue to be a key factor in social and economic development. A well-functioning internal energy market is essential if all three of Europe’s energy challenges of competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply are to be met. The last step on the road to competitive energy markets was achieved on 1 July 2007 with the full opening of national retail markets. From a legal perspective, all European consumers are now able to choose their supplier and benefit from competition. However, this report shows that, in practice, market integration is still far from a success. With very few exceptions, electricity and gas markets in the EU remain national in economic scope with limited competition. This report highlights that the problems identified in the Commission’s 2006/07 Progress Report and Sectoral Inquiry Report on the European electricity and gas markets to a large extent still remain. Not all the shortcomings can be solved within existing legislation: improved legislative measures are needed. |
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European Community of the Energy Community Treaty Commission of the European Communities, 16 September 2005, Bruxelles The European Council in Thessaloniki in June 2003 endorsed “The Thessaloniki Agenda for the Western Balkans: moving towards European integration”, which aims to further strengthen the privileged relations between the EU and the Western Balkans and in which the European Union encouraged the countries of the region to adopt a legally binding agreement extending the European Community energy market to South-East Europe .... |
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South East Europe Electricity Market options paper Europen Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport 05 December 2005, Bruxelles South East Europe Electricity Market has been subject to a number of papers discussing the market design in the region. The papers present mostly a rather similar view of the future market. The main difference is in the time-table for implementation; some proposals are very ambitious and some others call for a pragmatic step-by-step approach .... |
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